Invitation to birding -- Guide to 160 species -- Duck - geese - swans -- New world quail -- Pheasants - turkeys - grouse -- Loons -- Grebes -- Cormorants -- Anhinga -- Pelicans -- Herons - egrets -- Ibises - spoonbills -- Storks -- New world vultures -- Osprey -- Hawks - kites - eagles -- Falcons -- Rails - coots -- Cranes -- Plovers -- Avocet -- Sandpipers -- Gulls - terns - skimmers -- Puffins -- Pelagic birds -- Pigeons - doves -- Parrots - parakeets -- Cuckoos - roadrunners -- Owls -- Goatsuckers -- Swifts -- Hummingbirds -- Kingfishers -- Woodpeckers -- Tyrant flycatchers -- Shrikes -- Vireos -- Crows - jays -- Larks -- Swallows -- Chickadees - titmice -- Bushtit -- Nuthatches -- Creepers -- Wrens -- Kinglets -- Gnatcatchers -- Dippers -- Thrushes -- Mockingbirds - thrashers -- Starlings -- Waxwings -- Snow bunting -- Wood-warblers -- Towhees - sparrows -- Tanagers - cardinals - grosbeaks -- Blackbirds - grackles - orioles -- Finches -- Old world sparrows. |